Participation in universal prevention programmes

Universal Programmes Thataimedtoprevent Depression

important determinant of the burden of human disease in 1990 and is expected to rank second in the world by 2020. It is the principal cause of disability in developed countries and the central question is why the burden of depression is not receding at the same rate as the burdens of infectious and perinatal disorders, which in 1990 were diseases of greater burden. The past 5 years have seen in...

Community Participation in Community-based Rehabilitation Programmes

Central to the community-based rehabilitation (CBR) approach is the concept of community participation. While many projects are based on the CBR approach, it is not evident how many CBR projects indeed use and measure community participation. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively analyse the extent of evaluation of community participation in CBR studies evaluated over the last thirty y...

HIV prevention programmes overview

HIV prevention programmes overview

Universal alcohol misuse prevention programmes for children and adolescents: Cochrane systematic reviews.

AIMS Alcohol misuse by young people causes significant health and social harm, including death and disability. Therefore, prevention of youth alcohol misuse is a policy aim in many countries. Our aim was to examine the effectiveness of (1) school-based, (2) family-based and (3) multi-component universal alcohol misuse prevention programmes in children and adolescents. METHODS Three Cochrane s...